Ash-sifter.



P. KEMPLER.

ASH SIFTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I, 191]- Patented J une 18, 1918 INVENTOH v P/flw Jer ATTORNEYS PHILIP KEMYLEB, F NEWBURGH, NEW YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed December 21, 1917. Serial No. 208,246.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP KEMPLER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newburg h, in the county of Orange and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Ash-Sifter, of which the fol- 1 lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to ash sifters adapted to rest on ash cans or barrels. An ob ect of the invention isto provide a device which will permit the handling of ashes without 3 scattering the dust that may result not only in sifting the ashes but in placing the ashes in the sifter.

Another object is to provide a dBVlCB which can be easily and quickly removed from the barrel supporting it.

A still further object of the inventlon 1s to provide a device which will adapt itself easily to different sizes of barrels.

With the above and other objects 1n v1ew,

the nature of which'will more fully appear the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination'and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming 'part' of the application, similar characters Referring'to the drawings, 5 is a dome or hood, preferably cylindrical in shape,

the tube 7eonstit uting the draft conduit for crowned by a'tapering top 6 which merges into a telescoping tube 7 leading to a flue 8,

the hood. A damper 9 is provided in the tube 7 whereby the'communication of the hood with the flue may be controlled. The hood 5 is provided with an aperture 10 in the side thereof which may be closed by a door 11. Thedoor 11 leaves the lower part of the aperture open through its entire width. The purpose of this will appear hereinafter. The hood has a slot 12 extending from the opening 10 to the lower edge of the hood. Preferably said slot is formed centrally of the opening 10. An opening 13 is formed in the hood diametrically opposite the slot 12. Through this opening a spout 14: of a sifter 15 may be ins rted, the

handle 16 of the sifter-passing through the slot 12. By slightly turning the handle 16 the same will bear on the lower edge of the opening 10 under the door. See Fig. 1.

The hood 5 is reinforced across the openings 10 and 13 by a brace 17 at a point sufiiciently high to allow an upward movement of the sifter when the door 11 is opened, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig 2. A rod 18 depends from the brace 17 substantially in the axis of the hood. The handle bar 16 which extends across the sifter has an elongated opening 19 through which said rod projects when the sifter is supported by the hood, as best shown in Fig. 2. This rod serves as a pivot for the sifter when the sifter is oscillated. The handle bar 16 is bent to present the sifter on an incline toward the door opening 10 for the purpose of bringing the upper edge of the sifter near the handle, substantially on a level therewith, so as to facilitate the charging of the ashes into the sifter through the opening without striking the proximate edge of the sifter.

When ashes are thrown on to the sifter through the open door, any dust that is formed will be drawn by the flue through the draft tube 7 thus eliminating all dust from the premises where the hood is installed. It will be noted that the sifter is located between the draft tube and the ash barrel. In consequence, any dust caused by the sifting will be taken up directly by the flue, the draft tube having the tendency to draw the air from between the ash can and the hood through the lower edge of the hood, thereby preventing any dust from the ash can.

The hood 5 has lateral lugs 20 on the outer surface thereof which are adapted to engage the upper edge of an ash can 21 when the hood is placed thereupon. The hood is preferably of a diameter lesser than that of the ash can, so that ashes thrown into the hood through the door, if striking the wall of the hood, will not fall outside but inside of the ash can. The lugs 20 are long enough to permit the use of the hood with cans of varying sizes. To facilitate the placing and removal of the hood from the can the hood is suspended from a suitable support by a flexible member 22 which passes through suitable pulleys 23.

Normally the weight of the hood is supported by the can, as will be seen; but when edge of the cam The'tube ris theirihade w engage the flue. l/Vhenthehoodrests on the can is full, the draft tube 7 is telescoped by raising the hood by nean s of the flexible member 22. Another canj n ay then be substituted for the one removedaiid the hood lowered until the lugs 20 engage; the

the can the lower edge of the opening 10, as W l e he 9f t e p n ng i p f y slightly IOWGI lJhflD thP J topfof the can 21. on quen e, t e pent vl ndth handle- ,1 6 l r 'e Q11 t p efth can; n not en e leWe geej f theepeh e and, 3 th .ee l i n fof t e; ft t the an h ng' limited y. h Wi e t e enen e 1 0 and 13. In view of tl1e. fact"that the X handle :16 rests Qnj theedgeotthecan, the

slot 12 i n no wayinterferes with theoscil re ep eele Whii' ney b 'P eQ we he;

pout byfraising the sifter,.as'shown indotted; line i Z51 The hood can be 1 o a i sa e: e h easiest; e tthe e f ee e0 e red,.fe p eren adapted to engage the unscreened openin of theheedit eieihee having e elet eXteJe ing from the door screened opening to the lower *edge of the hood, and a handle associated with said sifter adapted to engage the expbsed part of the door screened opening through the-slot, said sifter having an opening adapted tobe engaged by the rod, said sifter being L adapted to oscillate; 01f sai'd rod withinif thehQ TI an mo et longitudinall of'same when the door is open, substantially s. ndfer h purposeset forth. r

A device of the 'class jdescribe dfcompr nga he d h ving. de os reened opening through .whiehal sh sl m y b harged into the hood, and a sitter mouiited to esleil ateo Sh B OQ S -S er ei clined towardjthe doorfscreened of eningito ,facil'itate'the loading of the ashes 'into the fisifter- 4:. In a device of the class zdescribed, a hood -.'hei i.hg ..;.e; .iside 1:, th'lr u'gh; whi h ashes may be charged into the hooda Sifter having'gja spout adaptedgsto project? out of t e h od, and fa. ha dl l'L QL i f adapted to firojec't out of thedoor screened openth isi 'e d e when eher 'ihgie- 5 ng- J orcan with 'ashes, inwhich case thejhood,

f without theSifter', rests orrth'ejcan. And ee" when ashes are thrown through thefdoor "into the can, anyjn-dust resultingiro'm the 1 5 A; device of the class; described; comprising 1a hoed.,.havi.ng. ipair 0f di f llysfiopp iteippeni gs, a deorlfiser'eening one of. the openingsf'and leaving-the ,lower handling' of the ashes in thebarrel will be 'f' partfof saidFsc'reenedopening'open' through drawn into the flue.

,.e ei Y A v 1. A device of the class described;coir' prising a hood haying diametrically opposite openings in the sides thereof, a door screening o'ne ofsaid openiitgs and leaying the;

lower part of said opening; openthrough th en e W h, si r hav ng a. p ut adapted to project through thefnon screened opening of the hood, anda handle-forsaid iepesi e e n s de en ng'i n of;

f e p d tes er; e fdQQ re dti opening,substantially and for the'pure eet erbh- .t A de i of the e e( e ibedv e mp s ing ahoodhaving a pair of diametrically Copies of this patent ni ay be obt aine'dipr the entirefwifdth, a braceidisposed"transceoei e f with the 511 0113 or e gaging hn sh barrel to present the'ilower edgefof thehood barrel; whereby the jspoutaand thewhandle off the Sifter may. be -broughtinto engagesiubsta'ntially as and" for th apfiIPdSd set e centsjieachfb addressiii' the doihiili s' 'sioner of iatents,

" waishingto'mnc.

withiIf and" belowdthe 'llpperi edge of the f the open ng e p ed: h ough it eh reil mentiwith the upper edge of the barrel, width, a brace within the jhoodjdisposedff I t en e eelytef eid peningyo e e id pe df th.

ing from said brace, asifter havinga spout 

